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title: "7 Literary Value Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Literary Value quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Literary Value sayings and thoughts."
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> [I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-vachss/i-believe-my-publisher-has-shown-a-great-deal-of-faith-in-me-over-a/)

[Andrew Vachss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-vachss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/andrew-vachss-8127_arrogant_i-believe-my-publisher-has-shown-a-great_85483.png)

> [“This closed-system idea of literary value, defined and defended by the kind of men who have always taken their power for granted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-zimmerman/this-closed-system-idea-of-literary-value-defined-and-defended-by-the/)

[Jess Zimmerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-zimmerman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/jess-zimmerman-247733_literary_this-closed-system-idea-of-literary-valu_618456.jpg)

> [The idea of some kind of objectively constant, universal literary value is seductive. It feels real. It feels like a stone cold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/the-idea-of-some-kind-of-objectively-constant-universal-literary/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/lev-grossman-747_able_the-idea-of-some-kind-of-objectively-con_828668.png)

> [Cruelty is not a literary value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/cruelty-is-not-a-literary-value/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/salman-rushdie-153_cruel_cruelty-is-not-a-literary-value-840608_840608.jpg)

> [My favorite method of encryption is chunking revolutionary documents inside a mess of JPEG or MP3 code and emailing it off as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-goldsmith/my-favorite-method-of-encryption-is-chunking-revolutionary-documents/)

[Kenneth Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-goldsmith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/kenneth-goldsmith-15276_arbitrary_my-favorite-method-of-encryption-is-chun_1895467.jpg)

> [I hope I'm not just looked as a writer that is popular but as a writer of literary value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-hope-i-m-not-just-looked-as-a-writer-that-is-popular-but-as-a/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/sandra-cisneros-862_values_i-hope-i-m-not-just-looked-as-a-writer-t_1971740.png)

> [“...the representation of human character and personality remains always the supreme literary value, whether in drama, lyric or narrative. I am naive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-bloom/the-representation-of-human-character-and-personality-remains-always/)

[Harold Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-bloom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/harold-bloom-3350_literary_the-representation-of-human-character-an_2331587.png)

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